Bust of a Nude Woman (1780): Art, History and Details

Bust of a Nude Woman (1780) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (French, 1751–1824).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Lemoine was famous for his black chalk portraits like this example of a bust of a nude girl. Given the sitter’s individualized features, this image could represent a specific portrait; however, her identity is now lost to modern viewers. Below the portrait on the blue oval mount, the artist signed and dated the work to indicate his authorship.

Object facts

• Title: Bust of a Nude Woman
• Date: 1780
• Creator attribution: Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (French, 1751–1824)
• Culture: France
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: Black chalk and stumping
• Dimensions: height: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 2017.214

Collection credit

Bequest of Muriel Butkin

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